Axle-skein



(No Model.)

Y E. M; GRAHAM 8v L. R. COLWELL AXLE SKEIN.

No. 572,161. Patntede- 1, 1896.

lmu .m mmf wihjzsses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EVANDER M. GRAHAM AND LLEWELLYN R. OOLWELL, OF RUSTON,

LOUISIANA.

AXLE-SKEIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent NO. 572,161, dated December 1, 1896.

Application filed October 15, 1895. Serial No. 565,776. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, EVANDER M; GRAHAM and LLEWELLYN R. CoLwELL, citizens of the United States, residing at Ruston, in the parish of Lincoln and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Axle-Skein, of which the following is a speciiication.

The invention relates to improvements in axle-skeins.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of axle-skeins, and to provide asimple and inexpensive one which will be strong and durable and which when worn may be readily replacedby a new skein.

The invention consists of the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of an axle provided with a skein constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Y Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the sections of the skein.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the iigures of the drawings.

l designates an axle constructed of metal and having a reduced end portion 2, receiv ing an axle-skein 3, which is composed of two similar sections 4, extending longitudinally of the axle. The sections 4 have solid outer portions 5 and semitubular inner portions 6, which fit around the reduced end 2 of the axle, and at their inner ends the sections are provided with parallel arms 7, located at opposite sides of the body portion of the axle and conforming to the configuration thereof and secured thereto by a clip S and by a transverse bolt D. By constructing the axle-skein of two sections either one of them may be readily removed and replaced by a new section should it become worn more rapidly than the other, as is often the case, especially when the wheel becomes loose and untrue.

The arms '7 are straight, and the axle-clip 8 receives the axle and the arms and an axlebed 10, which is arranged on top of the metal axle in the usual manner.

The outer portions of the sections form a solid skein at this point and the outer extremity of the skein is reduced and threaded at with the solid'outer portion of the skein, ren- Y der the construction substantially as solid and as durable as axles which are provided with integral spindles.

The exterior of the skein is shaped similar to the ordinary spindle and is adapted to receive a wheel provided with the ordinary axlebox, and the skein is provided at its top with a longitudinal oil-groove 14.

It will be seen that the axle-skein is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it possesses great strength, durability, and solidity, and that it is adapted to be readily detached from and placed on the axle.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any advantages of the invention.

What we claim isa The combination of an axle having a reduced end 2, an axle-skein composed of two longitudinal sections arranged at opposite sides of the axle, having inner tubular portions to receive the reduced end of the same, and provided beyond the axle with a solid outer portion, the terminals of the sections being reduced and exteriorly threaded, a transversely-disposed fastening device connecting the outer terminals of the sections, the straight parallel arms 7 formed integral with the sections and arranged on the front and rear faces of the axle, afastening device passing through the ends of the arms and the axle, an axle-clip embracing the axle and securing the arms to the same, and an axle-nut arranged on the threaded terminals of the sections of the skein and concealing the ends of the adjacent fastening device, substantially 'as described.

ln testimonythat we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

EVANDER M. GRAHAM. LLE WELLYN R. OOLWELL. Witnesses E. HOWARD, '1. B. FINLEY.

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